Editing Forum:Disable IP editing for SmashWiki
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#Vandalism committed by IPs has been running rampant right now. Not only that, but the fact that IPs can edit most of the pages on this wiki has allowed known vandals to bypass their bans to continue whatever vandalism they were committing before getting banned. Plus, as mentioned above, some of our sister wikis have adopted this practice already, and their community seems to be doing just fine. The idea that restricting IP edits would ruin our community are quite unfounded. If someone really wanted to edit the wiki, they could make an account, which takes very little effort, and I would say only helps our community by giving more actual names to the editors, as opposed to just a bunch of nondescript IPs running rampant and doing whatever they feel is best. [[User:Hinata|Hinata]] ([[User talk:Hinata|talk]]) 14:25, December 27, 2019 (EST) | #Vandalism committed by IPs has been running rampant right now. Not only that, but the fact that IPs can edit most of the pages on this wiki has allowed known vandals to bypass their bans to continue whatever vandalism they were committing before getting banned. Plus, as mentioned above, some of our sister wikis have adopted this practice already, and their community seems to be doing just fine. The idea that restricting IP edits would ruin our community are quite unfounded. If someone really wanted to edit the wiki, they could make an account, which takes very little effort, and I would say only helps our community by giving more actual names to the editors, as opposed to just a bunch of nondescript IPs running rampant and doing whatever they feel is best. [[User:Hinata|Hinata]] ([[User talk:Hinata|talk]]) 14:25, December 27, 2019 (EST) | ||
#The anonymity of IP edits is honestly the bigger threat as opposed to allowing them to continue without a name associated to them. Since we have no method of administrator approval for IP edits (and therefore, no ability to filter the good edits from the bad), I think it'd be an easier effort to enforce account creation for long-term contributions to the wiki. <font face="Papyrus">[[User:15DollarsWentSouth|<span style="color: darkblue;">'''15DollarsWentSouth'''</span>]]</font> 14:35, December 27, 2019 (EST) | #The anonymity of IP edits is honestly the bigger threat as opposed to allowing them to continue without a name associated to them. Since we have no method of administrator approval for IP edits (and therefore, no ability to filter the good edits from the bad), I think it'd be an easier effort to enforce account creation for long-term contributions to the wiki. <font face="Papyrus">[[User:15DollarsWentSouth|<span style="color: darkblue;">'''15DollarsWentSouth'''</span>]]</font> 14:35, December 27, 2019 (EST) | ||
==Oppose== | ==Oppose== |